Come check out "What I'm Crushing On!" This month I gave Sarasota Magazine a little inside peek at 5 top interior design looks and products I love right now for their May home feature. It was so hard to narrow down to just 5! Hope you enjoy! ... Read More
They bring shine and structure, are traditional yet so up-to-date, and act as design focal point or contributor. We love lighting, and it's no secret that lantern style pendant lights are a favorite around here. ... Read More
Design field trip time! We recently took a studio trip south for the day to visit a few favorite luxury furniture and fabric showrooms and view the latest introductions. The South Florida Design Park has emerged as a prime interior designer's shopping destination, located minutes ... Read More
We just wrapped up the finishing touches on a long-running residential interior design project, a 13,000 square foot residence at The Oaks in Osprey, Florida. Our client recommended we check out an antique shop nearby, so Sonika and I had to investigate. Antique shopping is a special occasion. ... Read More
It was a great time being among the judges this year of the Tampa Bay Builders Association 2016 "Parade of Homes," a showcase of 139 homes by 37 builders across the Tampa Bay area. Judging day began bright and early on Friday at 7:30 am at the Embassy Suites in Brandon with breakfast provided by ... Read More
For our team a highlight of every project is watching our designs come to life during construction. Witnessing this project, a 5,000 square foot beachfront condo progress from a concept, to design drawings on a page, to physical reality was a truly exciting transformation. Along with these ... Read More
Even in Florida, the chilly weather is here and there's nothing quite like cozying up beside a warm fire. Ideally with a mug of hot chocolate. I find fireplaces special for their power to become the heart and soul of a room, especially when treated thoughtfully as a design feature. ... Read More
There was a time, just a couple of years ago, when convincing a client that all the metals in her living room need not be the same color was a tough sell. Eyebrows were raised, dubious silence ensued. It's understandable: for decades we were all told not to mix our metals- (gasp!) you just can't ... Read More
Fresh out of the frame and onto the furniture, this trend in interior design textiles makes a bold, artsy statement. I love these fabrics as custom pillows to loosen and enliven a structured, well tailored chair. The largest scale abstract prints would also make an amazing headboard, like a giant ... Read More
In a recent search for spherical pendant lights for a current interior design project, I gathered these gems to share. Call them globe pendants, round pendants, spherical pendants, orb pendants, these lights can bring major impact to almost any interior. ... Read More
Do you have a formal dining room? (formal as in a separate room with at least 3 walls, not as in stylistically formal) Do you use it often enough for its intended purpose to justify dedicating the square footage it claims in your home? Ever wish you could use the space more effectively, but ... Read More
Pantone's Color of the Year for 2015 is a controversial pick. A wine red shade aptly titled "Marsala" is predicted by Pantone to play a major role in interior design, fashion, beauty, and consumer goods in 2015. I'll be honest. My first thought was: oh no, not again. ... Read More
Well-selected lighting and plumbing fixtures are the jewelry of the home. At least this is how I view them. So I think naturally the trends we see in jewelry, we’ll also see sometimes picked up in a pendant light or a faucet. (I don’t think this relationship works as well in reverse, though to ... Read More
Pablo and I had an incredible time this week at the HD Americas 2014 hospitality design conference and expo at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The highlight for us was definitely the conference lineup. Hospitality Design magazine assembled a truly fantastic group of speakers and panelists to ... Read More
Installation week has finally come for our New York lake house project. (Originally described in this post back in January) For our whole team this means travel to Chautauqua, NY for a whirlwind of final details, the exhaustion of long hours worked on site, and the incomparable excitement of ... Read More